A light-activated fish-shaped robot collects microplastics as it swims (scale bar is 10 mm).
Note: Licensed photo(Adapted from Nano Letters 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01375/Newsflash).
Copyrights: Adapted from Nano Letters 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01375/Newsflash
27 June 2022
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Scientists have created fish-shaped robots to swim around and collect microplastics from the oceans’ nooks and crannies. Microplastics, tiny plastic particles that can be harmful to marine animals when ingested, settle at the bottom of waterways and are hard to remove from the environment...